After returning from the prefect's mansion, Su Ren locked himself in a room. No one was allowed in except Huang Shisan. He also hired more than a dozen guards to guard him. No one was allowed to approach within three feet of the room.
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Pieces of silk and pieces of bamboo slips were spread out by Su Ren on the ground. After looking at each piece, he thought about it in his mind for a while. Then he grabbed a brush, pulled out a piece of silk from the corner of the desk, and wrote a few words. He folded it,
Put it on the other side of the table. Then look for the next piece of interest, and repeat this action over and over again.
Huang Shisan came in with a pot of tea and put the teapot down gently, fearing that his voice would be too loud and affect Su Ren's thinking. Su Ren didn't even raise his head and said to Huang Shisan: "Send those out.
There are marks on it, you know who should send it to! Has Jiyu left?"
"He left overnight last night. Things are not going well over there. He must go there and deal with it as soon as possible."
"You're quite diligent this time! Let's go!"
Huang Shisan obeyed his words, holding the newly written silk by Su Ren, and exited the room. From morning to night, apart from eating and drinking, Su Ren spent the rest of his time studying the scattered strips of cloth and bamboo slips.
Things come from different places, have different contents, and talk about different things. They all need to be dealt with by Su Ren. Su Ren must grasp the priorities and how to deal with them. Su Ren must have countermeasures.
He is like a spider, entrenched in a large web, and those silks and bamboo slips are silk threads. If there is movement on one side, the silk threads will immediately transmit the information back, and the spider will make the necessary response.
Gongsun He stood not far away, staring at Su Ren's room. He had already broken into Su Ren's room twice, but he didn't expect that the guards who followed Su Ren didn't take him seriously at all. They were not only ruthless, but also dirty.
After two secret losses, Gongsun He gave up the idea of rushing in. He wanted to wait for Su Ren to come out and settle the accounts with Su Ren himself.
Seeing Huang Shisan exiting, Gongsun He waved to Huang Shisan: "Old Huang, when will that guy come out?"
Huang Shisan shook his head.
"What is he doing? It's mysterious!"
Huang Shisan still shook his head.
Gongsun He was anxious: "I'm not an outsider, why should I hide it like this? Isn't it just those bad things about Yue people! The whole Kuaiji has been spread all over, and you still need to keep it secret? Su Ziheng, if you don't come out, I will kill you
Get in!"
Gongsun He shouted these words, and the guard guarding the door immediately looked at him, and at the same time stretched out his right hand to the weapon. Gongsun He took a step back: "You have guards, and I also have guards. If I really want to fight you, I may not know.
Whose person is awesome! Come out! I really take action!"
Huang Shisan glanced at Gongsun He, shook his head, and went to do his own thing. Su Ren was a little upset by Gongsun He in the room, and shouted outside the door: "Are you all deaf? He dares to shout again,
Find a needle and thread to sew his mouth shut!"
Soon, there was a sound of running outside, and the small courtyard finally became quiet. Su Ren took a long breath, sat down comfortably on the chair, grabbed the tea brought by Huang Shisan, and took a sip. The taste was a bit strange,
The water here is not very good, and no matter how good the tea is, it has a strange smell.
He picked up the bamboo slip next to his mouth, glanced at it, and put it down again. He picked up another piece of silk, looked at it, thought for a while, put down the teapot, took out the silk, and started writing.
"Pa!" A stone flew in from the window and fell on the desk in front of Su Ren, smearing the two words he had just written. Su Ren was extremely irritated, so he grabbed the stone and walked out.
door.
Gongsun He laughed loudly: "You are finally willing to come out!"
Su Ren was furious, pointed at Gongsun He, and shouted to several guards: "Catch him!"
The guard was disturbed, and the guards knew that they were going to suffer. After receiving Su Ren's order, they no longer cared about whether Gongsun He was a noble son or a future prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Five or six people chased him and quickly took him into custody.
Arriving in front of Su Ren.
"What are you doing? You can't even make a joke? Let it go, why don't you let it go?"
Without Su Ren's order, several guards held Gongsun He's arm tightly. Su Ren weighed the stone with one hand and frowned: "Did you throw it?"
"Yes! What?"
"You man, go and give this stone to Mr. Gongsun to eat!"
"Ah!" Not only Gongsun He, but also several guards around him were surprised. How can this stone be eaten? It should be given to Gongsun He. If he reaches out his hand to pick it up, Gongsun He won't hate himself to death; if he doesn't, it depends on his husband.
Look, you have to eat this stone by yourself. The guards want to reach out, but they dare not.
At the moment when the guards were stunned, Gongsun He tried his best to break free from the shackles of the guards, turned around and ran away: "Su, you are cruel, just wait, you are not a gentleman if you don't take revenge!"
Su Ren chuckled and put the stone into the hands of the guard beside him: "Whoever dares to step into the yard again will let him eat the stone. If he doesn't eat it, you guys will share it among you!"
, turned around and got into his own house.
The guards looked at each other and looked at the stones in their hands, suddenly feeling that being a guard was no better than before. The next afternoon, Su Ren's small courtyard was extremely quiet. Su Ren was reading and writing in the room, sweating profusely and taking off his clothes.
He only had a pair of mid-length trousers left, and he kept fanning himself with a fan.
Huang Shisan came back, holding a few pieces of silk in his hand, and gently placed them on Su Ren's desk: "I just received these, and one of them was sent by Jingji."
"Thorns? I'm afraid they were made by Ying Guangji!" Su Ren put down the fan: "Bring it over and let me see!"
Huang Shisan quickly found the piece and handed it to Su Ren. After looking at it for a few times, Su Ren smiled: "At this time, this guy is still lying to me. It said that South Vietnam Prime Minister Lu Jia was negotiating with South Vietnam King Zhao Xing, and the Minyue Kingdom
I sent an envoy to South Vietnam. Isn’t this nonsense? You really thought I was a fool!"
Huang Shisan said nothing. Su Ren thought for a while: "No, this guy may be testing! Is there any new news about Jiyu?"
Huang Shisan shook his head: "The rest are partly sent by Master Fuyan and partly by Shopkeeper Cui. Jiyu has been very quiet these days."
"This is not a good thing!" Su Ren stood up and walked around the room twice. He suddenly stopped and rummaged through a large pile of silk. He soon found what he wanted and carried it with him.
Silkworm sat back on the chair and began to study it carefully.
Huang Shisan clearly saw that there were only six words on the silk: Zhao Wen arrived, Zhao Hu failed! This meant that Zhao Wen had returned to Panyu, told Zhao Hu that someone was causing trouble, and had some ideas, but Zhao Hu didn't seem to be very
I believed Zhao Wen and rejected Zhao Wen's suggestion. There was no payment and no time. This was the last message from Timely Rain A-Xun.
Judging from just a few words, there was no problem. They didn't mention a word to themselves, which naturally meant that they were safe and there was no need to mention it. Huang Shisan was very surprised. Su Ren stared at those six words closely.
What can be seen? After a long time, Su Ren slapped the table: "It's broken!"
After saying only two words, he immediately threw away the fan, grabbed a brush and silk, and started writing. Huang Shisan didn't know much about literacy, but Su Ren wrote like a dragon and a phoenix. Before Huang Shisan could see clearly, Su Ren had already written and rolled it up.
Starting: "Give it to Yu Qilin personally and let him and Zhiduoxing prepare for action!"
Seeing that Huang Shisan didn't dare to ask any more questions, he took the silk in Su Ren's hand, turned around and ran out the door. Su Ren shook his head and sighed: "It's so careless! It's so careless!"
After thinking about it, I still felt something was wrong, so I grabbed the pen again and wrote a piece of silk. I went out in person and walked to the place where the pigeons were raised. I asked the pigeon raiser to find the strongest one, roll up the cloth strip in his hand, and stuff it.
He entered the bamboo tube and released the pigeons. Watching the pigeons fluttering, Su Ren's mind was filled with worry. He had underestimated Ying Guangji and fell into the trap. If it was too late to remedy the situation, who knows how terrible the consequences would be.
Su Ren was restless throughout the afternoon. After Huang Shisan came back, Su Ren immediately called him into the room: "How is it? Have you started?"
Huang Shisan nodded: "We have already started. Starting from Kuaiji County, we will also send people to Minyue, Xi'an, Luoyue and Nanyue. There will be news in three days at the latest."
"Three days! It's still too slow!" Su Ren shook his head. If there was a phone call, he could notify Ah Xun in time, but unfortunately there was not.
It was getting dark. Because of the rebellion in Yue, the people in Kuaiji did not dare to go out at night. The already deserted streets became even more deserted. The county soldiers had been transferred away, and street security was only maintained by a dozen or so public servants.
, in the huge city of Kuaiji, what can a dozen lonely figures prevent?
Yu Qilin's big face emerged from the corner. He looked at the house opposite with the lights still on, and turned to ask his companion behind him: "Gu Shang Sao, are you sure you're right?"
Gu Shangsao curled his lips and twitched his mustache twice: "You still don't know what I do. If you make a mistake, chop off my head!"
Yu Qilin didn't waste any more nonsense and ordered: "The living Yama is blocking the back door, drumming up the wind, let's go!"
This is an ordinary family, a thatched house, a couple and two children. The husband is said to be in business and is away from home all year round. The woman usually lives with the children. This is
The family is very bored and does not like contact with outsiders. There is not much interaction between neighbors. Two days ago, the husband came back suddenly, which made the woman very happy. Since then, the lights in this family have been turned off late.
Jade Qilin pulled up the black cloth covering her face, climbed onto the low wall, and jumped into the courtyard. She tiptoed to the door and stretched out her ears to listen to what was going on inside.
"With this money, we can buy a house and land, and our two children will not have to suffer with us in the future!" This is a woman's voice.
The man smiled: "Young master said that our news was very timely, and there will be a big reward when he comes back!"
"real?"
"Why are you lying to me? Just wait. When the master's big things are done, you might be able to get a part-time official position. Then you can have as much money as you want!"
Then there was a rustling sound. Yu Qilin smiled slightly, kicked open the door and got in. (To be continued)